Garment-fastener.



Witnesse Q I No. 781,004. PATENTED JAN. 31, 1905'.

J. KAHLG.

GARMENT FASTENER.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 9, 1904.

' I Hctomegs UNITED STATES Patented January 31, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

GARMENT-FASTENER- $PECIFIOA'1ION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 781,004, dated January 31, 1905.

Application filed April 9, 1904. $erial No- 202,388. i

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPHINE KAHLo, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Elreno,

, in the county of Canadian and Territory of Oklahoma, have invented a new and useful Garment Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to garment-fasten manently attached to the parts of the garment that are to be connected by means of sewing or equivalent means.

The invention has for its object to provide.

a device of the class referred to which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency; and with these and other ends in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention becomes better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of embodiment of the invention, it being understood, however, that no limitation is made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that the right is reserved to all changes, alterations, and modifications which may be resorted to within the scope of the invention and without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the same.

' In said drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garment-fastening device constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view illustrating two flaps or parts of a garment or adjacent parts of two garments connected by my improved fastening devices. Fig. 8 is asectional view taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

Corresponding parts inthe several figures are indicated by similar numerals of reference.

In the construction of my improved garment-fastening device is included a body 1,

formed, preferably, of ordinary spring-wire and provided at one end with a shield 2 and at its opposite end with a coil terminating ina pin or pointed member 4, capable of being inserted into the shield 2, where it is held secure in the manner of a safety-pin of ordinary construction. The body 1, which, as stated, is formed of wire, is provided with a lateral extension 5, composed of intertwisted wires, the extensions of which form the body of the safety-pin, which terminates in the coil and the shield above referred to. This twisted lateral extension is bent upwardly to form a hump6, and it terminates in a hook member 7, which is bent back over the hump, and the terminal of which is intertwisted, but presents an eye 8, through which the hump 6 partly extends.

' This improved garment-fastener may be used for a great variety of purposes, some of which will bebriefly referred to. When, for instance, two parts of a garment, such as the two sides of a waist-front or the two edges of a skirt-placket, are to be connected, the fastening device is connected by the pin I with one of said members, and an ordinary safety-pin (shown at 9) is connected with the other memher in alinement with the fastener, the shank.

of the pin 9 thus constituting an eye which may be readily engaged by the hook 7 of the fastener. In connecting the parts it is obvious that the looped member of the'hook,where-' by is meant the end of the hook having the eye 8, will be lifted out of engagement with the hump 6 in order to permit the shank of the pin 9. to slip into engagement with the hook 7, whereby a connection of absolute security is established, the parts of the garment being, however, easily disconnected by drawing them in the direction of each other and at the same time causing the shank of the pin 9 to press upwardly upon the hook member 7 until it slips over the hump 6.. When separate garments, such as a waist and a skirt, are to be connected by my improved fastening device, the procedure is practically the same as above described, the fastener which is the subject of my invention being connected with one of said garments, while the safety-pin with which it is to cooperate is connected with the other garment; hen the device is used,

for instance, for the purpose of connecting the sides of a waist, buttons, as 10, may be mounted upon the shanks or upon the members 4 of the fasteners, thus giving the appearance of the side members of the waist having been buttoned together.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which it appertains. The device is exceedingly simple as to the construction thereof, and it may be manufactured and placed upon the market at a very moderate expense. It may obviously be used with advantage and satisfaction in a variety of ways not herein enumerated, and it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to any particular use of'the device.

Having thus described the inv'eli'ition, what 1s claimed 1s A garment-fastening device including a wire body having a shield at one end and a resilient pin member at the other end extending in the direction of and adapted to engage said shield, said body being provided with a lateral extension composed of twisted wire, said extension being bent to form a hump, and a reversely-extending hook, the latter terminating in a loop or eye engaging said hump.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPHINE KAH LO.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. BELLAMY, F. H. WRIGHT. 

